Promoted / Relegated teams: LCS NA Summer Split 2016

The North American LCS Summer Promotion tournament was running from April 6th to April 8th. The top 2 Challenger and bottom 3 LCS teams were fighting for 3 spots in the 2016 NA LCS Summer Split. The following teams have qualified for the highest League of Legends league in North America or were relegated to the NA Challenger Series:

↑↑↑ Renegades requalified as the first team

↑↑↑ Team Impulse requalified as the second team

↑↑↑ Apex qualified for the NA Summer Split as the last team

↓↓↓ Team Dragon Knight remain in the Challenger Series after loosing to Apex

↓↓↓ Team Dignitas are relegated to the Challenger Series after loosing to TDK

In December 2015 the LCS license of Gravity was bought buy NBA legend Rick Fox. The new team is called Echo Fox.

In November 2015 Team Coast was aquired by a group around Andy Miller (One of the owners of the Sacramento Kings NBA team), and Mark Mastrov (Owner of 24 Hour Fitness). The team was renamed to NRG Esports. The team player contracts were also purchased by the group.

In October 2015 Team 8 was aquired by a consortium of investors and rebranded to Immortals.

Standings LCS EU (after Week 9 – EU LCS Summer Split 2016)

Promoted / Relegated teams: LCS EU Summer Split 2016

The European LCS Summer Promotion tournament was running from March 24th to March 27th. The top 2 Challenger and bottom 3 LCS teams were fighting for 3 spots in the 2016 EU LCS Summer Split. At the end all LCS teams managed to defend their spot. Here is the overview:

↑↑↑ Splyce requalified as the first team

↑↑↑ ROCCAT requalified as the second team

↑↑↑ Giants requalified as the third team

↓↓↓ Team Huma remain in the Challenger Series

↓↓↓ Copenhagen Wolves remain in the Challenger Series

Bracket EU LCS Spring Playoffs

The 2016 EU Spring Playoffs were running from Saturday, April 2nd to Sunday, April 17th 2016. Find out more about the 2016 LCS Spring Playoffs.

QUARTERFINALS
(04/02 – 04/03)

SEMIFINALS
(04/09 – 04/10)

EU Spring FINALS
(04/17/2016)

G2 Esports

Seed#1: Bye to Semifinals

G2 Esports

3

vs.

G2 Esports

3

Team Vitality

1

Fnatic

1

Fnatic

3

vs.

H2K Gaming

Origen

1

Seed#2: Bye to Semifinals

H2K Gaming

2

vs.

Match for 3rd place (04/16)

Origen

3

Origen

3

H2K Gaming

2

Unicorns of Love

0

Fnatic

3

Standings LCS EU (Final Standings Spring Split 2016)

Position

Team

Matches Played

Wins

Losses

1

G2 Esports

18

15

3

2

H2K Gaming

18

14

4

3

Team Vitality

18

13

5

4

Origen

18

11

7

5

Unicorns of Love

18

10

8

6

Fnatic

18

9

9

7

Elements

18

6

12

8

Splyce

18

5

13

9

ROCCAT

18

4

14

10

Giants

18

3

15

Promoted / Relegated teams LCS EU Spring Split 2016

Two new teams are playing the the Season 6 EU LCS Spring split. The teams have either qualified by winning the Challenger series or in the Promotion tournament (find out more about the 2016 Spring Promotion). Take a look which teams got relegated/promoted:

↓↓↓ SK Gaming were relegated for loosing the Promotion tournament against Gamers2

Season 6 Schedule

The 2016 LCS (Season 6) is divided into Spring Split and Summer Split each ending with Playoffs. The match day schedule for the first weeks of spring split was announced in December. The League of Legends leagues are starting on Thursday 01/14/2016 with the EU LCS, while the NA LCS kicks off on Saturday 01/16/2016. Like last season both leagues are playing 9 weeks in the Spring Split with two match days each week for each league. The European league is running every Thursday and Friday and the North American league is playing on Saturday and Sunday. In total 90 matches are played in the regular season. At the end of each split the top 6 teams in the regular season are advancing to the Playoffs while the bottom 3 teams have to face relegation in the promotion tournaments. Some changes have been made to the schedule before the start of the summer split. Check out the new starting times of the live stream broadcasts below:

Playoffs and Relegation

At the end of the regular season of both splits (Spring and Summer) the top 6 teams advance to the Playoffs where they fight for prize money and Championship Points. Like last year, the Championship points determine the 3 seeds for the League of Legends World Championship 2016. The 3 teams finishing on place 10, 9 and 8 are fighting for their remainder in the LCS against the top 2 Challenger teams in the promotion tournaments. The team finishing on 7th place remains in the LCS but does not participate in the Playoffs. In case of a tie at the end of a regular season the team that won more head to head matches will get the higher ranking. If the head to head record is tied a decider match will be played directly after the last match of week 9.

Ticket Info and Location

All LCS matches of the regular season are played in front of live audience in the LCS Studios in Los Angeles (for North America) and Berlin (for Europe). If you want the see the action live you can buy tickets for both leagues at Eventbrite – the ticket sale for the 2016 spring split started on December 18th. You can learn more about getting tickets online, ticket prizes and more here:

Format and Rules Spring Split

Compared to last season the format has not changed a lot. One thing is that teams in the Playoffs will now be reseeded for the semifinals. Besides this Riot Games said goodbye to auto promotion/relegation. This means, after the Spring Split the bottom 3 LCS teams and the top 2 Challenger Series teams are fighting over the 3 open LCS spots for the 2016 Summer Split in the Summer Promotion tournament which will take place after the Spring Split Playoffs. Some more alternations have been made for player contracts or the used patch and available champions. You can find a full list of the changes to the rules and format of the 2016 Spring Split here. At the end of Feb 2016 Riot Games announced the start of a new penalty index the launch of the penalty tracker. Read more about the LCS penalty index and tracker here.

LCS Live stream

All matches of LCS Season 6 | 2016 are streamed live on Youtube and Twitch and Azubu. Of course you can watch the matches right here on our website as well. Just click play when the red light indicates that the LCS Live Stream is online! You can find out more about the schedule and broadcasting times in the paragraphs above! For the 2016 summer split Riot Games have expanded the numbers of streams according to the changes to the format of the league. Both EU and NA LCS will now have 2 different live streams each. Have fun with the matches of the LCS Summer Split!